Gen 18:19, Psa 101, Act 13:12, 20:28, Rom 13:6, 1Cor 12:28, 1Th 5:12-14 | ESV | STEP | For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice , so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.

Genesis 18:19

19 For I have ^achosen ^{▼▼Hebrew known} him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

Psalms 101

I Will Walk with Integrity

A Psalm of David.

1 I will sing of ^csteadfast love and justice;
to you, O Lord, I will make music.
2 I will ^dponder the way ^ethat is blameless.
Oh when will you ^fcome to me?
I will ^gwalk with ^hintegrity of heart
within my house;
3 I will not set before my eyes
anything ⁱthat is worthless.
I hate the work of those who ^jfall away;
it shall not cling to me.
4 ^kA perverse heart shall be far from me;
I will ^lknow nothing of evil.
5 Whoever slanders his neighbor ^msecretly
I will ⁿdestroy.
Whoever has a ^ohaughty look and an ^parrogant heart
I will not endure.
6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in ^qthe way that is blameless
shall minister to me.
7 No one who ^rpractices deceit
shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall ^scontinue before my eyes.
8 ^tMorning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
^ucutting off all ^vthe evildoers
from ^wthe city of the Lord.

Acts 13:12

12 Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at ^xthe teaching of the Lord.

Acts 20:28

28 ^yPay careful attention to yourselves and to all ^zthe flock, in which ^aathe Holy Spirit has made you ^aboverseers, ^acto care for ^adthe church of God, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts of the Lord} which he ^afobtained ^agwith his own blood. ^{▼▼Or with the blood of his Own}

Romans 13:6

6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.

1 Corinthians 12:28

28 And ^aiGod has appointed in the church first ^ajapostles, second ^akprophets, third teachers, then ^almiracles, then ^amgifts of healing, ^anhelping, ^aoadministrating, and ^apvarious kinds of tongues.

1 Thessalonians 5:12-14

Final Instructions and Benediction

12 We ask you, brothers, ^aqto respect those who labor among you and ^arare over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. ^asBe at peace among yourselves. 14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish ^atthe idle, ^{▼▼Or disorderly, or undisciplined} ^avencourage the fainthearted, ^awhelp the weak, ^axbe patient with them all.